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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

BBC Radio 3
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Michael Nyman 's one-act opera to a text by CHRISTOPHER RAWLENCE after a case study by OLIVER SACKS
Adapted by MICHAEL MORRIS
Introduced by Peter Paul Nash The true story of a singer whose bizarre neurological condition makes him unable to recognise what he sees, and who can only function by setting his world to music. (tenor) (baritone) (soprano)
ALEXANDER BALANESCU (violin) MIRANDA FULLEYLOVE (violin) KATE MUSKER (viola) MORAY WELSH (cello) RUTH PHILLIPS (cello) HUGH WEBB (harp)
THE COMPOSER (piano) conducted by RUPERT BAWDEN (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Nyman
Unknown:
Christopher Rawlence
Adapted By:
Michael Morris
Introduced By:
Peter Paul Nash
Violin:
Alexander Balanescu
Violin:
Miranda Fulleylove
Viola:
Kate Musker
Cello:
Moray Welsh
Cello:
Ruth Phillips
Harp:
Hugh Webb
Conducted By:
Rupert Bawden
The Examiner, a neurologist:
Emile Belcourt
Dr P, the singer, his patient:
Frederick Westcott
Mrs P:
Patricia Hooper
Source: Radio Times

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